{"id":6367,"date":"2016-11-21T17:40:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T17:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theoreti.ca\/?p=6367"},"modified":"2016-11-21T17:40:07","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T17:40:07","slug":"rez-infinite-for-the-ps4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/?p=6367","title":{"rendered":"Rez Infinite for the PS4"},"content":{"rendered":"

I finally got around to downloading and playing Rez Infinite<\/a> on the PS4. This is an upgraded (hi-res) version of the original which SEGA released\u00a0for the Playstation 2 and Dreamcast in 2001. The game is a beautiful rail shooter and a music game which produces\u00a0trance like electronic music (and vibrations) as you play. There is a traveller mode where you don’t die and you can just make music and travel through the spaces. I found myself wanting to repeat levels to continue the beat.<\/p>\n

The new 2016 version for the PS4 support VR (though I don’t have it). It also has an extra level called “Area X” which, while more sophisticated, lacks the charming Tron-like graphic imagination of the rest. It would be interesting to map all the references to Tron in Rez – it too places you as a hacker going through a computing landscape.<\/p>\n

Polygon has a story on the\u00a0Rez producer Tetsuya Mizuguchi on his return to music games<\/a>. The story mentions a Synesthesia Suit<\/a>\u00a0(PDF)\u00a0created to go with VR games like Rez Infinite. Below\u00a0is a video from\u00a0Siggraph 2016 to show (feel) of the suit’s capabilities. I’m intrigued by this intersection of art and game around music.<\/p>\n